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For what it's worth, I was not looking to cut down my pin oak this year. I ended up needing to as it's no longer dying but dead, and I would rather not deal with more chunks of it falling. With that said, I utilized Thumbtack to look for a tree company. I hit up Cabrera Tree Services, and immediately they were in touch. Carlos came on a Sunday evening to inspect the tree, albeit at night, he came anyways. We chalked up a price, and Carlos convinced me to chop the tree the upcoming week for $1300. I want to list some pros, and cons. The cons were that, I had explained to Carlos what I exactly wanted, we had agreed on $1300, come the day of t... For what it's worth, I was not looking to cut down my pin oak this year. I ended up needing to as it's no longer dying but dead, and I would rather not deal with more chunks of it falling. With that said, I utilized Thumbtack to look for a tree company. I hit up Cabrera Tree Services, and immediately they were in touch. Carlos came on a Sunday evening to inspect the tree, albeit at night, he came anyways. We chalked up a price, and Carlos convinced me to chop the tree the upcoming week for $1300. I want to list some pros, and cons. The cons were that, I had explained to Carlos what I exactly wanted, we had agreed on $1300, come the day of the tree getting chopped, he brings a laser pointer, and I once again talked about where we cut it to, and he said he thought it was at a certain height. Nope. This was either miscommunication or it was just lacking details, since the crew was arriving, and I didn't want to keep searching, I have to knock down one star because it was not $1300 anymore, it was $1500. This is still cheaper than other companies I had talked to, but it was a $200 hike even though I have elaborated on it. And while the crew did an amazing job cleaning up, there were some casualties with some of my roses. Not too big of an issue, the root ball is still there, they should bounce back. So lacking attention to detail, knocking off one star. The pros however: the crew really did an amazing job, and it was quick. Oddly enough, they did not cut to where I had told Carlos that I wanted it to be cut for $1500. I definitely had to inspect it before I reached out, but luckily a family member was home and told them that the height they cut it at initially was not adequate. Additionally, I had to text multiple times to pay at 5-5:30PM because I said I was not available before, Carlos shows up around 8ish, which was not convenient. Overall, I am happy, and I do recommend, but I would stress that he bring a laser pointer to every appointment, else, don't do business, that left a bad taste in my mouth honestly. Edit - the wooden awnings, a not of the wood in it for cracked, likely from the branches falling unfortunately... -1 stars. I will have to do repairs.